"University of Pennsylvania Press The University of Pennsylvania Press (or Penn Press) is a university press affiliated with the University of Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Press was originally incorporated with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on 26 March 1890, and the imprint of the University of Pennsylvania Press first appeared on publications in the closing decade of the nineteenth century, among the earliest such imprints in America. One of the Press's first book publications, in 1899, was a landmark: The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study, by renowned black reformer, scholar, and social critic W.E.B. Du Bois, a book that"
"Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and is the county seat of Allegheny County. As of 2017, a population of 305,704 lives within the city limits, making it the 63rd-largest city in the U.S. The metropolitan population of 2,353,045 is the largest in both the Ohio Valley and Appalachia, the second-largest in Pennsylvania (behind Philadelphia), and the 26th-largest in the U.S. Located at the confluence of the Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio rivers, Pittsburgh is known both as ""the Steel City"" for its more than 300 steel-related businesses and as the"
"of the 50 states. Pennsylvania's two most populous cities are Philadelphia (1,567,872), and Pittsburgh (303,625). The state capital and its 10th largest city is Harrisburg. Pennsylvania has of waterfront along Lake Erie and the Delaware Estuary. The state is one of the 13 original founding states of the United States; it came into being in 1681 as a result of a royal land grant to William Penn, the son of the state's namesake. Part of Pennsylvania (along the Delaware River), together with the present State of Delaware, had earlier been organized as the Colony of New Sweden. It was the"
"Many notable individuals are interred at Harrisburg Cemetery and East Harrisburg Cemetery. Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg ( ; Pennsylvania German: ""Harrisbarrig"") is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 49,192, it is the 15th largest city in the Commonwealth. It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, west of Philadelphia. Harrisburg is the anchor of the Susquehanna Valley metropolitan area, which had a 2017 estimated population of 571,903, making it the third most populous in Pennsylvania and 96th most populous in the United"
"Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Harrisburg ( ; Pennsylvania German: ""Harrisbarrig"") is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania in the United States, and the county seat of Dauphin County. With a population of 49,192, it is the 15th largest city in the Commonwealth. It lies on the east bank of the Susquehanna River, west of Philadelphia. Harrisburg is the anchor of the Susquehanna Valley metropolitan area, which had a 2017 estimated population of 571,903, making it the third most populous in Pennsylvania and 96th most populous in the United States. Harrisburg played a notable role in American history during the Westward"
"Reading, Pennsylvania Reading ( ; Pennsylvania German: ""Reddin"") is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a population of 87,575, it is the fifth-largest city in Pennsylvania. Located in the southeastern part of the state, it is the principal city of the Greater Reading Area, and is furthermore included in the Philadelphia-Reading-Camden PA-NJ-DE-MD Combined Statistical Area. The city, which is approximately halfway between the state's most populous city, Philadelphia, and the state capital, Harrisburg (as well as about halfway between Allentown and Lancaster) is strategically situated along a major transportation route from Central"
"Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east. Pennsylvania is the 33rd-largest state by area, and the 6th-most populous state according to the last official U.S. Census count in 2010. It is the 9th-most densely populated"
"University of Pennsylvania Health System The University of Pennsylvania Health System (UPHS) is a diverse research and clinical care organization based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1993, it currently operates as Penn Medicine, a division of the University of Pennsylvania. Three hospitals, two regional medical centers, and a multitude of clinical care providers in the greater Philadelphia area constitute the Ivy League University's health care network. The Perelman School of Medicine also operates the auspices of Penn Medicine and works closely with individual hospitals and practices. As such, Penn Medicine brands itself as an ""academic medical center."" Phoenixville Hospital in"
"California University of Pennsylvania California University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Cal U) is a public university located in California, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1852, it is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The university offers bachelor's, master's, and, as of July 2015, doctoral degrees. Cal U's enrollment was approximately 9,400 in 2010 and has increased the past few years. The main campus consists of about 38 buildings situated on . Another facility is located near the main campus. An additional recreation complex, George H. Roadman University Park, is located from campus and"
"University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (commonly referred to as Pitt) is a public research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It was founded as the Pittsburgh Academy in 1787 on the edge of the American frontier. It developed and was renamed as Western University of Pennsylvania by a change to its charter in 1819. After surviving two devastating fires and various relocations within the area, the school moved to its current location in the Oakland neighborhood of the city; it was renamed as the University of Pittsburgh in 1908. Pitt was a private institution until 1966 when it became part"
"University of Pennsylvania Law School The University of Pennsylvania Law School (commonly known as Penn Law or UPenn Law) is the law school of the University of Pennsylvania located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A member of the Ivy League, it is among the most selective and oldest law schools in the world. It is currently ranked 7th overall by ""U.S. News & World Report"". It offers the degrees of Juris Doctor (J.D.), Master of Laws (LL.M.), Master of Comparative Laws (LL.C.M.), Master in Law (M.L.), and Doctor of the Science of Law (S.J.D.). The entering class typically consists of approximately 250"
"for Peace"" project with Mosul, Iraq, as well as accepting visiting delegations from dozens of other countries. See additional . Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents . Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower"
"north to Allentown and the Lehigh Valley Mall. Emmaus, Pennsylvania Emmaus ( ) is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is located southwest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's largest city, and west of the Delaware River. Emmaus is located in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is in the New York City-Newark, New Jersey, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The population of Emmaus was 11,368 in 2015. This borough has been given many awards, including the Delaware Valley Green Building Council's Sustainable Community"
"early 1980s. ""Hiding The Bell"", a 1968 historical fiction novel by Ruth Nulton Moore, chronicles the events surrounding the hiding of the Liberty Bell in Allentown in 1777. Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: ""Allenschteddel"") is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city and the 231st largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently the fastest growing city in all of Pennsylvania. It is the largest city in the metropolitan area known as the Lehigh Valley, which had"
"Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania, commonly abbreviated LHU, is a state university in Lock Haven, in central Pennsylvania, United States located along the West Branch Susquehanna River, and is roughly from the major towns of Williamsport and State College. Lock Haven University is one of the fourteen members of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The main campus consists of , and the branch campus covers . It enrolls approximately 5,500 students, including 500 students at a branch campus in Clearfield, Pennsylvania. It offers 69 undergraduate programs and 4 graduate programs. LHU was"
"Washington, Pennsylvania Washington, referred to locally as Little Washington to distinguish it from Washington, D.C. , is a city in and the county seat of Washington County, Pennsylvania, United States, within the Greater Pittsburgh Region in the southwestern part of the state. The population was 13,663 at the 2010 census. Washington is home to Washington & Jefferson College and Pony League baseball. According to the United States Census Bureau, Washington has a total area of , all land. Washington has four borders, including East Washington to the east, South Strabane Township from the north to south-southeast, North Franklin Township from"
"Susquehanna University Susquehanna University is a four-year, co-educational, private liberal arts university in Selinsgrove, in central Pennsylvania, United States. The university is situated in the Susquehanna Valley approximately north of Pennsylvania's state capital, Harrisburg. The academic programs fall into either the School of Arts and Sciences or the AACSB International-accredited Sigmund Weis School of Business. Susquehanna University enrolls more than 2,200 undergraduate students from 33 states and 23 countries, and maintains a student-to-faculty ratio of 12 to 1. Most students are required to live on campus all four years and as of 2012, all students participate in a cross-cultural study"
"Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch: ""Allenschteddel"") is a city located in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is Pennsylvania's third most populous city and the 231st largest city in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 118,032 and is currently the fastest growing city in all of Pennsylvania. It is the largest city in the metropolitan area known as the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 821,623 residents . Allentown constitutes a portion of the New York City Combined Statistical Area and is the county seat of Lehigh County. In 2012,"
"Philadelphia Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the U.S. state and Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the sixth-most populous U.S. city, with a 2017 census-estimated population of 1,580,863. Since 1854, the city has been coterminous with Philadelphia County, the most populous county in Pennsylvania and the urban core of the eighth-largest U.S. metropolitan statistical area, with over 6 million residents . Philadelphia is also the economic and cultural anchor of the greater Delaware Valley, located along the lower Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers, within the Northeast megalopolis. The Delaware Valley's population of 7.2 million ranks it as the eighth-largest"
"Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania, commonly known as Ship, or SU, is a public university located in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, United States, 40 miles west-southwest of Harrisburg, and 30 miles north-northeast of Hagerstown, Maryland. It is one of the 14 state universities that comprise the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). Shippensburg University is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools (MSACS). The commonwealth legislated the State Normal School for ""the education and training of teachers"" in the seventh district (7 counties) to be in Shippensburg, and in 1871 the cornerstone was laid for"
"appears on many road signs entering the state. Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The Appalachian Mountains run through its middle. The Commonwealth is bordered by Delaware to the southeast, Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, Lake Erie and the Canadian province of Ontario to the northwest, New York to the north, and New Jersey to the east. Pennsylvania is the 33rd-largest state by area, and the 6th-most populous state according to the last official U.S. Census count"
"History of the University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh, commonly referred to as Pitt, is an independent, state-related, doctoral/research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. For most of its history, Pitt was a private institution until it became part of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education in 1966. Founded by Hugh Henry Brackenridge as Pittsburgh Academy in 1787, the University of Pittsburgh is among a select group of universities and colleges established in the 18th century in the United States. It is the oldest continuously chartered institution of learning in the U.S., west of the Allegheny Mountains. The school"
"Pennsylvanian (train) The Pennsylvanian is a daily daytime Amtrak train running between New York and Pittsburgh via Philadelphia. The trains travel across the Appalachian Mountains, through Pennsylvania's capital Harrisburg, the Pennsylvania Dutch Country, suburban and central Philadelphia, and New Jersey en route to New York. The entire train ride takes about 9 hours total, with 1.5 hours between New York and Philadelphia, 2 hours between Philadelphia and Harrisburg, and 5.5 hours between Harrisburg and Pittsburgh. The ""Pennsylvanian"" uses the same Amtrak-owned Keystone Corridor as the ""Keystone Service"" trains, but continues further west through Altoona and the Allegheny Mountains, eventually terminating"
"Penn State Fayette, The Eberly Campus Penn State Lehigh Valley Penn State New Kensington Penn State University Park Pennsylvania College of Technology Philadelphia University Pittsburgh Technical Institute Point Park University Prince George's Community College Princeton University Robert Morris University Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Sinclair Community College Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Stark State College Temple University Thiel College University of Akron University of Cincinnati University of Dayton University of Findlay University of Pennsylvania University of Pittsburgh University of Pittsburgh School of Law University of Pittsburgh at Bradford University of Pittsburgh at Titusville University of the Sciences in Philadelphia Villanova University"
"lower rate hikes at each of the nineteen commonwealth campuses and at the Pennsylvania state capitol in Harrisburg. In 2005, the board of trustees proposed a tuition freeze at the commonwealth campus locations as part of its state appropriation request. The 2018 Academic Ranking of World Universities ranks the university 74th among universities worldwide and 37th nationally. ""U.S. News & World Report"" ranks the university's undergraduate program 50th in its 2017 American's Best College and 14th among Top Public Schools in the United States. In 2015, the university was also ranked 101st in the QS World University Rankings. A more"
"Indiana University of Pennsylvania Indiana University of Pennsylvania (IUP) is a public research university in Indiana County, Pennsylvania. As of fall 2016, the university enrolled 10,618 undergraduates and 2,235 postgraduates, for a total enrollment of 12,853 students. The university is northeast of Pittsburgh. It is governed by a local Council of Trustees and the Board of Governors of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. IUP has branch campuses at Punxsutawney, Northpointe, and Monroeville. IUP is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), and Association to Advance Collegiate Schools"
"Emmaus, Pennsylvania Emmaus ( ) is a borough in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is located southwest of Allentown, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of the state. It is north of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania's largest city, and west of the Delaware River. Emmaus is located in the Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is in the New York City-Newark, New Jersey, NY-NJ-CT-PA Combined Statistical Area. The population of Emmaus was 11,368 in 2015. This borough has been given many awards, including the Delaware Valley Green Building Council's Sustainable Community Award. In 2007 and 2009, Emmaus has been"
"university in the United States and established the country's first medical school. The University of Pennsylvania is also the Commonwealth's only, and geographically the most southern, Ivy League school. The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is the first and oldest art school in the United States. Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, now a part of University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, was the first pharmacy school in the United States. Pennsylvania is home to the nation's first zoo, the Philadelphia Zoo. Other long-accredited AZA zoos include the Erie Zoo and the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium. The Lehigh Valley Zoo"
"Penn Club of New York City The Penn Club of New York (usually referred to as The Penn Club) is a private club located in Midtown Manhattan, within New York City, New York, United States. Its membership is restricted almost entirely to students, alumni, and faculty of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Its clubhouse is a fourteen-story building located on West 44th Street between Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. Originally occupied by the Yale Club of New York City, the building is registered on the National Register of Historic Places. In November 1886, the first local group of"
"Penn State Brandywine Penn State Brandywine is a commonwealth campus of the Pennsylvania State University located in Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, with a current enrollment of 1,700 students. The campus was formerly known as Penn State Delaware County and Penn State Lima. The campus has baccalaureate and associate degrees and certificate programs. The campus is located on over of grounds, from Philadelphia and within a few hours of New York, Baltimore and Washington, DC. The campus received the 2007 Green Star Honor Award from the Professional Grounds Management Society. The school has thirteen varsity athletics teams, club"
"of the Commonwealth System of Higher Education. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the university's central administration and 28,766 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The university also includes four undergraduate schools located at campuses within Western Pennsylvania: Bradford, Greensburg, Johnstown, and Titusville. The 132-acre Pittsburgh campus has multiple contributing historic buildings of the Schenley Farms Historic District, most notably its 42-story Gothic revival centerpiece, the Cathedral of Learning. The campus is situated adjacent to the flagship medical facilities of its closely affiliated University of Pittsburgh Medical Center"
"the Seneca Building was renamed Marilyn Horne Hall and became the site of the Marilyn Horne Museum and Exhibit Center. Today, Pitt-Bradford has over 1,500 students and nearly 10,000 alumni. The campus has grown to , and draws students from throughout Pennsylvania, including the urban centers of Pittsburgh and Philadelphia, and from across the United States and countries around the world. The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is located in Bradford, Pennsylvania, a small city located in rural McKean County, Pennsylvania, 78 miles (126 km) south of Buffalo, NY, north of Pittsburgh, PA, and south of Toronto, ON. An oil"
"certification, certificate, and licensure programs. In addition, Cal U has a Global Online program, which offers undergraduate and graduate degrees, as well as certificates. California University of Pennsylvania California University of Pennsylvania (commonly referred to as Cal U) is a public university located in California, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1852, it is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). The university offers bachelor's, master's, and, as of July 2015, doctoral degrees. Cal U's enrollment was approximately 9,400 in 2010 and has increased the past few years. The main campus consists of about 38 buildings situated"